Milton Keynes Topspin 4-6 Chackmore Hasbeens

Wednesday 17 January 2024

Game Result Score Match score
1 David Wackrill lost to Andy Whitehead (2-3) 5-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-2, 6-11 0-1
2 Jiten Pitamber lost to Bub Burman (0-3) 5-11, 7-11, 8-11 0-2
3 Russell Penn lost to Sam Willett (2-3) 9-11, 11-3, 5-11, 11-9, 10-12 0-3
4 Russell Penn and Jiten Pitamber lost to Bub Burman and Andy Whitehead (1-3) 11-13, 11-7, 8-11, 1-11 0-4
5 Jiten Pitamber beat Andy Whitehead (3-2) 9-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 1-4
6 David Wackrill beat Sam Willett (3-1) 11-9, 11-13, 11-3, 11-6 2-4
7 Russell Penn lost to Bub Burman (1-3) 11-4, 5-11, 9-11, 10-12 2-5
8 Jiten Pitamber beat Sam Willett (3-0) 11-1, 11-4, 11-3 3-5
9 Russell Penn beat Andy Whitehead (3-0) 11-8, 11-5, 11-8 4-5
10 David Wackrill lost to Bub Burman (0-3) 11-13, 4-11, 3-11 4-6
Team Legs won Legs average (%) Points won Points average (%)
Milton Keynes Topspin 18 46.15 351 50.94
Chackmore Hasbeens 21 53.85 338 49.06
Team Player Games played Games won Legs played Legs won Legs average (%) Points played Points won Points average (%)
Milton Keynes Topspin David Wackrill 3 1 12 5 41.67 213 104 48.83
Milton Keynes Topspin Jiten Pitamber 3 2 11 6 54.55 184 102 55.43
Milton Keynes Topspin Russell Penn 3 1 12 6 50.00 219 114 52.05
Chackmore Hasbeens Andy Whitehead 3 1 13 5 38.46 229 105 45.85
Chackmore Hasbeens Bub Burman 3 3 10 9 90.00 179 106 59.22
Chackmore Hasbeens Sam Willett 3 1 12 4 33.33 208 85 40.87
Match date Wednesday, 17 January 2024 at 19:30
Competition League
Division Division One
Venue Milton Keynes Table Tennis Centre
Season 2023-2024
Legs played 39
Points played 689
Published 28/04/2024 01:41 by David Wackrill.
O.U. PRIMED FOR TOP SPOT 

Another poor result for my MK Topspin side, that's now 3 defeats in a row, has left the door wide open for Open University Primes to take over the leadership tonight, as merely a draw in their match this week will be good enough for them to end Topspin’s 106 day ‘reign’ as front runners.

We made our recent customary poor start, losing all the opening singles with me falling to a feisty Andy Whitehead, Jiten Pitamber to a lightning fast Bub Burman and Russell Penn to an ultra defensive Sam Willett. Sam made a remarkable recovery here, coming from 8-3 down (and 10-9 down) in the 5th. Then later on he came from even further behind ( 8-1) against me, although fortunately on that occasion I still took the set..

The doubles was lost too, not surprising against the Bub/Andy combo, what with them being the hottest pairing in the Division.

We rallied well to take 4 of the next 5 sets with Bub’s win over Russell the only loss. This made for a final showdown between myself and Bub, now hungry for a hat-trick which was not to be denied.

Man of the match : Bub Burman